At the Ninth National Technology Parade (NTP) on May 4th, Six innovative projects by the University of Jordan (UJ) engineering students have collected top prizes.

 

The 9th Parade was hosted by Al-Ahliyya Amman University under the patronage of HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan.

 

Mechanical Engineering Student Kahled Bu Jalal, supervised by Dr. Osama Abu Zaid and Dr. Ibrahim Abu Al Sheikh, won the first place in the Green and Sustainable Technologies track for his project “Finite Element Analysis for Tensegrity Dom”.

 

Computer Engineering students Raghad Al Najjar, Ghadah Al Khatib, and Majd Abu Khalil, supervised by Eng. Sa’adeh Sweidan, won the first position in the Business and Social Technologies category for their project “Web-based Food Bank Systems”.

 

Nirmeen Matar and Hanein Abu Rajouh won the first place prize of the Educational and E-Learning Technologies track for their project “Holo Games”, supervised by Dr. Ali Musa, While Anas Kadan’s project “UniGuide”, supervised by Dr. Ramzi Saifan won the second prize of the same category.

 

A project called “LoCaller” by Computer Engineering students Malak Madhoun and Lubna Elyan, supervised by Eng. Asma Abdullkareem, came in the 2nd place in the Public Safety and Quality of Life category.

 

A team, consisting of Computer Engineering students Maysa Al Horani Yasmeen Al Majdoubeh, and Tagreed Abu Hamedah won the third prize of the Defense and Security Technologies track for a project, titled: “Face Recognition for Security Applications”, supervised by Dr. Khaled Younes.

 

The annual event is organized under the supervision of a national committee comprised of distinguished university professors representing public and private universities, the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, and King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB).
 
The Technology Parade comes in response to the global drive towards capitalizing on the innovative potential of students to provide technological solutions to challenges facing businesses, governments, civil society, and local communities in the different areas of the world.